Protesters celebrated in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital late into the night Thursday after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tendered his resignation following a week of escalating demonstrations over the country’s crippling economic crisis.

Photo: Pixabay/Ricobino By Angelica Krystle Donati Four billion people, over half of the global population, experience water scarcity at least once a year and 1.42 billion people live in areas of high-water vulnerability. The water cycle is being disrupted by climate change, and consumption habits that are unsustainable and polluting pose […]

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